JOHN WHITE STILL AT ODDS OVER TESTING ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMON CORE STANDARD. THE PAIR MET AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION .. BUT DID NOT MAKE ANY HEADWAY. WDSU REPORTER GINA SWANSON IS LIVE AT 10 WITH WHY THIS BATTLE MAY BE HEADED TO COURT. SCOTT THE GOVERNOR SAYS THIS IS A PROCUREMENT ISSUE... HE WANTS THE STATE EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT TO FOLLOW THE LAW WHEN IT COMES TO PICKING A VENDOR FOR STANDARDIZED TESTS THAT MEASURE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. BUT EDUCATION LEADERS QUESTION IF THE GOVERNOR IS USING HIS AUTHORITY TO DERAIL COMMON CORE IN LOUISIANA. we are not in a better place from a policy perspective than we were two weeks ago WHEN IT COMES TO COMMON CORE IT APPEARS THERE IS NO COMMON GROUND BETWEEN STATE EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT JOHN WHITE AND GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL. THE TWO MET AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION TO WORK ON A COMPROMISE ON THE CONTROVERSIAL EDUCATION STANDARD. i think that the primary disagreement is who gets to determine what's on the test THE GOVERNOR EMBRACED THE EDUCATION STANDARD 4 YEARS AGO BUT RECENTLY DID AN ABOUT FACE ON COMMON CORE AND THE TESTING THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. LAST MONTH THE JINDAL ADMINISTRATION CANCELED THE CONTRACTS FOR THE TESTS THAT MEASURE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. that throws a real wrench in the gears of teachers who have been planning for these tests for 4 years GOVERNOR JINDAL SAID HE WOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PULL LOUISIANA OUT OF THE PROGRAM BUT DID HE OVERSTEP HIS AUTHORITY? AND CAN THE GOVERNOR DECIDE EDUCATION POLICY...ITS A QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CLASSROOM THAT MAY END UP IN THE COURT ROOM. TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE. if a judge or another legal source would provide guidance to us do i think it would break us out of this log jam absolutely WHILE THE GOVERNOR IS LOOKING TO DISTANCE LOUISIANA STUDENTS FROM COMMON CORE STATE LEADERS BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE FINAL SAY. first of all the standards are the standards the law is very clear and we are going to move froward and teach those standards we have been trying to raise expectations for some time for our kids and id like to see it through for them JOHN WHITE SAYS WITH NO TEST-- OR WAYS TO MEASURE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT--TH AT PUTS OTHER THINGS IN JEOPARDY INCLUDING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS.